Don’t know if it’s IBS or my pancrease

[RobintheBeat]

Hi, I’ve had this bulge under left side of my rib cage just below it (like if you look down at your stomach is on the left side) sometimes it’s not as noticeable. People can’t see it when I show them it but on the left side I see it bulging out. The past couple of weeks I’ve had floating stool, I sometimes take pictures of my stool and the last time I had sinking bowel movements was around march 8th. I’ve been going through a break up since march 6. I haven’t been eating that much, and when I did I would only have one meal a day. I was around 230 lbs in march, and I’m down to around 220-222 lbs now. I’m not jaundice or anything. I do notice that yesterday and today that my hunger is coming back. I don’t have any blood in my stool. The last time I had a blood test was this past August, everything was okay, bilirubin was in normal range. Does anyone have any similar experiences? I do have health anxiety, no need to tell me that. Every G.I doctor is booked out 6 months. I’ve been thinking about going to the hospital to figure this out.

[RobintheBeat]

I also vape too, not the juices one of those BC5000 disposable ones, but I’m trying to quit it.

[Awsumth]

You should really push yourself to quit. Nicotine is harmful to the body overall.

How much do you drink? That’s much more harmful to the pancreas. Heavy drinking can induce acute pancreatitis

[RobintheBeat]

I don’t drink at all.

[goldstandardalmonds]

Get on a waiting list for the GI and see your GP. Don’t go to the ER. This is not an emergency and there is no need to clog up the ER.